2. ถึงพริกถึงขิง /tŭeng prík tŭeng kǐng/ This proverb comes from the ingredients that were often used in Thai kitchen: chillies and ginger (ขิง kǐng means ‘ginger’). Chillies is spicy and fresh ginger has a pungent aroma and sharp. Food that contains both chillies and ginger is absolutely spicy and has very strong flavour. Therefore this expression is used to describe two parties that are having strong and harsh arguments or fight fiercely.

3. กาคาบพริก /gaa kâab prík/

กา /gaa/ is a crow, คาบ /kâab/ means to hold something with your lips. The bird is black and chilli is red. This proverb is described a person who has dark skin colors and wearing red clothes. I understand that this is quite racist, in the past Thai people admired light skin colour. Nowadays this expression is used to tease a close friend.

In the old times, when there was a religious ceremony a buffalo or a cow would be slaughtered to use for cooking the feast. It is a saying means to achieve a big task but afraid of spending on small expenses or worry about small stuff like afraid of loosing some chillies when cooking a buffalo could cause a loss of the bigger goal.

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Hi, Mod!
One more “spicy” idiom:
ตำน้ำพริกละลายแม่น้ Lit: Pound chili paste and pour it away in the river.
“To make ducks and drakes of one’s money.”
It means to spend resources or invest in an enterprise which provides no return whatsoever.